An Evaluation of Actigraphy as an Indicator of Sleep and Wake in Children

Completed

Conditions studied: Sleep Monitoring

In brief

The purpose of this study is to learn how well an instrument called an Actiwatch-2 can determine whether a child is asleep or awake. The Actiwatch-2 (manufactured by Minimitter/Respironics of Bend, Oregon) is the brand name for an actigraphy monitor; that is, a motion sensor that is typically worn on the wrist and looks like a wrist watch. It measures and records the amount of movement a person makes each minute. After being worn overnight, data are transferred from the Actiwatch to a computer, and a program estimates whether a person is awake or asleep by analyzing the recorded movement data. The enrollment target is 80 participants. Although other actigraphy equipment has been used to monitor sleep in children, the Actiwatch-2 has not been validated in the pediatric population.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00928993
Run by
Oregon Health and Science University
People needed
48
Starts
2009-06-01
Expected to finish
2013-06-01
Last updated by the study team
2019-12-27

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

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Where it is running

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